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Fresh and clean with green-apple and lemon character. Hints of dried apricots. Medium body. Some lime. Easy finish....
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Dark cherry, plum and cassis flavors, with rich cinnamon, herb and coffee notes. Full flavored grilled or sauced...
750ml
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Energetic white wines are the white wines that excite us most, and Arneis has a unique ability to achieve that...
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Pretty date, caramel and hazelnut husk notes meld nicely, showing good cut through the ginger- and toasted...
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The non-vintage Rainwater Medium Dry is aged for three years in oak casks and this was bottled in January 2011. It...
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Energetic and bright with sliced green apples, mangoes and citrus with some honeysuckle. It’s medium- to...
750ml
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$15.17
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$14.87
A refreshing delight, Cantina Gabriele Malvasia carries a sweet and easy to drink composition. With sweet and spicy...
750ml - Case of 12
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Bright straw yellow. Fresh, floral, and with scents of fresh fruit with white flesh. Smooth, fresh, with a slightly...
750ml
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$18.66
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COLOR
Pale straw yellow color
NOSE
The bouquet on the nose is delicately sweet, with floraland fruity notes of citrus...
750ml
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Fresh with an elegant characteristic nose. Fresh and dry on the palate with a hint of almond on the finish. Serve...
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Ceretto Blangé is an excellent example of the expression of the native Arneis grape. It is a pleasant medium-bodied...
375ml
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COLOR: Golden yellow with amber highlights.
NOSE: Nose of honey, apricot, citrus and dried figs.
FLAVOR: Balanced and...
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$24.72
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The 2020 Secca del Capo is sweetly scented with exotic florals, green melon and candied ginger. It’s soft and round...
750ml
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Straw yellow in color, the bouquet is delicate, fresh, fruity The palate is dry, fresh and elegantly harmonic with...
750ml - Case of 12
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The bouquet conjures up exotic fruit, ripe pears, hawthorn blossom, and acacia honey. Soft, sweet and nicely...
375ml - Case of 12
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Exotic fruits, mature pears, hawthorn and acacia honey on the nose. The palate offers warmth, velvet, and with...
750ml - Case of 12
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Exotic fruits, mature pears, hawthorn and acacia honey on the nose. The palate offers warmth, velvet, and with...
Arneis Malvasia Mavrodaphne Mencia
The Arneis white wine grape varietal is a native fruit of the beautiful northern region of Piedmont, in Italy. Whilst it has had great success over recent decades in several New World countries, Arneis has been cultivated for centuries in northern Italy, where it is recognized as one of the most representative grapes of the region. Arneis has long been used as a blending grape, due to its highly aromatic character, but it is becoming more and more common to see single variety bottles made using this grape. At its best, Arneis produces beautifully full bodied white wines, packed full of orchard fruit and apricot flavors, with a fine crispness and acidic punch. However, it is a notoriously difficult grape to cultivate successfully, hence its name which translates as 'little rascal'.
In the Archaea region, high in the Northern Peloponnese mountains, the predominant grape varietal grown is the prized Mavrodaphne. Meaning 'Black Laurel', the Mavrodaphne grapes have extremely dark skins, and ripen slowly under the Greek sunshine, helped by the mineral rich soils the vines thrive in. This grape varietal is mostly used to produce the opaque, inky fortified wine of the same name, which is popular all over Greece and elsewhere in the world. This fortified wine allows the grapes to really show off their complex and fascinating flavors, which range from a rich marzipan to flavors of bitter chocolate, sweet coffee, dried figs and prunes, as well as plenty of jammy fruit notes.
Mavrodaphne is produced in a traditional method which involves leaving the grape juice exposed to the sun in large vats, before having its fermentation halted by the addition of various distillates taken from previous successful vintages. This mixture contains plenty of residual sugar, which gives the end result its characteristic sticky sweetness, and also helps with the next fermentation process, which typically takes place in large underground cellars. The final product is a heady drink, absolutely bursting with unusual, rich and sweet flavors and carried in a dark and slightly viscous Port-like liquid.
Mavrodaphne grapes are also used for the production of still red wines, but are generally blended with varietals such as Agiorgitiko or imported grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon. Mavrodaphne grapes are excellent for mellowing more acidic varieties, and producing deliciously rounded wines, which have taken the international market by storm in recent decades.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?